Stable isotopes and fatty acids reveal that Chironomus riparius feeds selectively on added food in standardized toxicity tests

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1473-1480

  Åkerblom, Nina ^a   Goedkoop, Willem ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Chironomus riparius; Feeding; Sediments; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; FATTY ACIDS; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTATION;

CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS;

TOXICITY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FATTY ACID; ISOTOPE;

FATTY ACID; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOXICITY TEST;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; FOOD ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; CHIRONOMIDAE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LARVA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0141559366     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)22<1473:SIAFAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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